How Dave Mirra tests a $300 bike
Longtime readers of Pinch Flat News -- idle persons with longterm bike problems -- know how much we love to hate Dynacrap bikes and all the "Bike Shaped Objects" foisted on kids by the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world. (Which end up as permanent installations on lamp posts and cyclone fences throughout the city.)
Today we ran across what has to be the early front-runner for bike video of the year: It's Dave Mirra stress-testing a Dynacrappy bike.
Take special note that the world's greatest BMXer does not actually swing a leg over this piece of junk. "We're testing, not riding," he avers at the end.
Smart man. Gamble with other people's money -- and bodies. (In DM's case, one and the same.)
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4 comments:
For comparison, I'd like to see him do this to a bike he rides. Just for fairness.
Looks to me like he is just trying to destroy the poor thing. I thought it held up remarkably well. I wish I had such a nice new bmx bike when I was 10.
If anyone is interested I have posted my comment on Pinch Flat's view of "Dynacrap" here:
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What's funny is that Mirra used to ride for Haro, and while it clearly says "Murray" on the downtube, he calls it a new Haro, and proceeds to beat the crap out of it. The Murray is another cheap department bike that "looks" like a BMX bike, but if Mirra can tear the forks off of it without even actually riding it, how long do you think it would last with a passenger?
Mirra's own bike (Mirraco), which is distributed by Trek, would last considerably longer under similar testing circumstances.
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